Expert: African Countries Want to Be Part of BRICS
African nations are increasingly seeking membership in the BRICS alliance to foster economic and political partnerships based on equality. Experts suggest this move is driven by a desire for an alternative international framework that prioritizes food security and development.
Why it matters
The expansion of BRICS reflects a shifting geopolitical landscape where developing nations seek to reduce reliance on Western-led institutions.
Kinfu Tafesse Zenebe, President of the Union of African Diasporas in Russia, explains why African countries are seeking to join the group
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African countries are seeking to join BRICS in order to gain a platform for dialogue on an equal footing. This was stated by Kinfu Tafesse Zenebe, President of the Union of African Diasporas in Russia and the Association of the Ethiopian Community in Russia and the CIS, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, on the TV BRICS programme “BRICS Dialogue”.
According to him, African countries' interest in the group is linked to its development and the willingness of its members to build partnerships based on equality.
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